The Pre-Conceptual Map Methodology: Development and Application

Hipsky, Shellie

doi:10.46743/2160-3715/2006.1655

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“…This characteristic holds particular significance when qualitative methods, such as interviews, are utilized, as the researcher may already possess preconceived notions on the subject, potentially leading to the distortion of results during data interpretation [60,61].…”

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Digital Games Adopted by Adults—A Documental Approach through Meta-Analysis

Pinheiro,

Oliveira,

Alturas

et al. 2024

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The gaming industry has seen a considerable expansion thanks to the ever-increasing and widespread consumption of digital games in different contexts of use and across all age groups. We are witnessing a commercial boom and awakening the attention of researchers from different scientific areas to address an interdisciplinary topic. Digital games consumption has inspired some studies investigating the use and adoption of these games and, in this context, we ask: “how has the use and adoption of digital games by adults been studied?”. We conducted a documental study with a meta-analysis approach to answer these questions, considering the most relevant research papers published in the last fifteen years, according to a set of inclusion criteria. The planned objectives consider identifying the main dimensions in the studies about the use and adoption of digital games by adults and the findings of this study delineate several dimensions as prospective latent variables for inclusion in future studies within acceptance models for digital games. Furthermore, our research illuminates the socialization dimension, particularly when amalgamated with other conceptual dimensions. This nuanced understanding underscores the intricate interplay between various factors influencing the acceptance and adoption of digital gaming technologies.

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Digital Games Adopted by Adults—A Documental Approach through Meta-Analysis

Pinheiro,

Oliveira,

Alturas

et al. 2024

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“…In harmony with the research objective presented this study is part of an investigative work developed for a doctoral thesis on the acceptance of digital games by adults who, through a schematic structure that idealizes a conceptual map, created meanings through concepts. In a similar way, the concept map specially developed for the present academic work, with the help of a content analysis software, allowed the visualization of the different possible and representative relationships for the conceptual dimensions in teaching and learning contexts, and allowed that such conceptual dimensions were materialized without bias or biased interference from the researcher -a fact that is likely to occur when the researcher, when using qualitative methods, such as interviews, and, having already formed some opinion on the subject, tarnishes the results when interpreting the data [22], [23].…”

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Conceptual Dimensions in Technology Use and Acceptance Models

Pinheiro¹,

Alturas²

2022

EDULEARN Proceedings

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Advances in information and communication technologies, especially online digital applications, provide new experiences at a personal, community and even social level. To understand how digital technologies influence users' perceptions, what they value most and why they adopt them, conceptual models are developedand testedbased on predicted causal relationships between latent dimensions, in each context. Digital games are used in the most diverse contexts and by all age groups. Given their relevance in terms of play, fun, or, eventually, in terms of learning or socialization, they have conquered a legion of fans. At the same time, and consequently, the characteristics of games, the role they play for users, and the influence they have on human behavior, are investigated by a growing number of authors, namely in topics, such as, cognition and learning, health and wellbeing, socialization, advantages, and disadvantages of its use. Digital games derive from the evolution of electronic games, incorporate new technologies and run-on game consoles, computers, cell phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. In this context, we emphasize the use of digital games in teaching and learning among adults.The main objective of this work was to find out what are the more important dimensions in previous studies that analyzed the use of digital games by adults, in the context of teaching and learning. To achieve this goal, we analyzed the most relevant articles that propose and evaluate technology acceptance models in this research topic and were published in the last fifteen years -according to pre-defined inclusion criteria. In this systematic review, we had selected forty-eight scientific papers (indexed), from which the abstracts and keywords were analyzed with textual content analysis techniques, using the Iramuteq 0.7 alpha 2 software -through Descending Hierarchical Classification (DHC), Similitude Analysis and Correspondence Factor Analysis (CFA). We considered the following inclusion criteria: articles published in journals or proceedings of international conferences (indexed by Scopus or WoS), between 2006 and 2021, that have at least one significant keyword (serious games, social games, mobile games, or computer games), and are focused on the use and acceptance of digital games among adults -so, only studies that explore technology acceptance models in adults' samples were considered.The results highlighted the dimensions that have been considered as most relevant in the use of digital games among adults, particularly in terms of teaching and learning. This is also an important contribution at an academic-scientific level, to propose a new conceptual model to explain the adoption of digital games among adults in a broader contextgiving us suggestions for future work, such as the possibility of learning through socialization while using online digital games.

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A Qualitative Study of Work-Related Stress Among Male Staff in Hong Kong's Social Welfare Sector

Wong¹,

Chan

2010

International Journal of Men's Health

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The Pre-Conceptual Map Methodology: Development and Application

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Digital Games Adopted by Adults—A Documental Approach through Meta-Analysis

Digital Games Adopted by Adults—A Documental Approach through Meta-Analysis

Conceptual Dimensions in Technology Use and Acceptance Models

A Qualitative Study of Work-Related Stress Among Male Staff in Hong Kong's Social Welfare Sector

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